Putanges-le-Lac () is a
commune in the
department of
Orne
Orne (; nrf, Ôrne or ) is a département in the northwest of France, named after the river Orne. It had a population of 279,942 in 2019.[France
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. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 by merger of the former communes of
Chênedouit,
La Forêt-Auvray,
La Fresnaye-au-Sauvage,
Ménil-Jean,
Putanges-Pont-Écrepin (the seat),